After Medscape Nurses posted Can I Delegate This Task to a Medical Assistant?, many readers submitted additional questions about the role of medical assistants. What can medical assistants do, legally ...

No Botox injections. And now no flu shots. Medical officials learned last week that medical assistants had long been illegally administering the anti-wrinkle drug Botox. Now it turns out that the same ...

There’s a shortage of medical assistants nationwide, but a new program is working to combat it. After losing his sales job after decades in the industry, Joe Lesniak is starting a new career in ...

Why Become a Certified Medical Administrative Assistant? The healthcare field offers one of the leading areas of opportunities for career growth today. Within healthcare, specialized medical ...

Medical assistant certifications like CCMA and RMA can open doors to higher pay, specialized roles, and career growth. With structured study plans, employer-supported training, and stress management ...

More than two decades ago, I worked as a primary care pediatrician in a federally qualified health center in Washington, D.C. I wanted to practice in a place where people of limited financial means ...

Those aspiring to careers in health care don't need to decide whether to go back to school or get a job. In a new one-year program created by Northwell Health and Nassau Community College, students ...

Several medical and education institutions in the Lowell area sponsored the first-ever Greater Lowell Medical Assistant Day Institute on a recent Saturday. The event was designed in collaboration with ...

Can Medical Assistants or Technicians Replace Nurses? To answer the question of whether medical assistants and technicians can replace nurses, let's look at state regulations governing the use of ...